Firmicute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Firmicute is a noun meaning Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
Meaning
Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
Example Sentences
Type C ("clostridial") is found in the firmicute bacterium Clostridium, the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium, and also in the archaeon Methanosarcina.
In contrast, all the interactions in this motif are conserved in several distantly related genomes such as the beta-proteobacterium B. pertussis and the firmicute D. hafniense (fig. 2b).
2013, Dietrich H. Nies, 5: RND Efflux Pumps for Metal Cations, Edward W. Yu, Qijing Zhang, Melissa H. Brown, Stephanie Baugh (editors), Microbial Efflux Pumps: Current Research, page 110, Exceptions were sequence CRE-06266 from the worm Caenorhabditis remanei and ZP_01666833 from the Gram-positive firmicute Thermosinus carboxidovorans.
Word Forms
- firmicutes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bacteroidete, fusobacterium, tenericute, bifidobacterium, actinobacterium, desulfitobacterium.
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